Posted on 12/20/2005 6:58:23 PM PST by ncountylee
You're repeating Michael Moore propaganda...go figure.
Your arguments assume that the FF's assumed the people to be stupid slobs without an ounce of sense or courage, ready to capitulate to the first strike of either a terrorist or a nuke event of any type.
I respectfully reject these points of view entirely!!! I believe that such events would be very much like major hurricanes, earthquakes and Liberals taking over both houses and Hitlery the executive at the same election. Very disruptive to say the least, but survivable.
By the way the FF's established the electoral college just as much for the reason of balancing the rural representation with the metro representation, to avoid the dominance we are seeing by metro-sexuals in this current day! The "One Man, One Vote," Warren Court decision that "Cows Don't Vote" making every state legislature the equivalent of a unicameral with both houses based on population only heightened the imbalance toward the metro-sexuals we see today.
So, what we have here is a dicotomy in the views of metro-easterners and rural-westerners. All you "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" in the original 13 states would cheerfully sacrifice your liberties for security. All us westerners, breathing free and wishing to continue doing so are not so sure about trusting things to government. Government, you see, when boiled down to it's purest essence... is nothing but pure, unmitigated FORCE!!!
That is why westerners prefer our individualism over the easterners bent toward socialism/collectivism. It's been an interesting thread and I thank you for making it so. Sincerely, The Waspman!!!
Excellent!!! You found the quote I've been referring to on this thread!!! Thank you.
where is the evidence???
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1544717/posts?page=160#160
Right on!
One 9/11 a month won't do terminal damage, it wouldn't even equal the yearly loss of life due to car crashes every year.
Sealing our borders and deporting or making life so miserable for illegals and their employers that they leave on their own is far more important to me than a few buildings and a few thousand people getting killed, even if that includes me getting it.
Keep government out of my life.
All social expendatures by the federal government are unconstitutional as far as I can determine. Where the Constitution says "promote the general welfare" excludes spending any money, it eludes to a state dept. function of getting on their soap box and "promoting", nothing more.
Webster's - an authority - says "Do NOT use semicolons as the equivalent of a comma." Semi-colons may only properly be used with commas if the independent clauses contain commas OR the independent clauses contain internal punctuation. Thus, to say all independent clauses enumerated in the act must be true to form a positive is simply wrong. To join the clauses and make them interdependent would require use of one of the following conjunctive adverbs; however, furthermore, nevertheless, consequently, also, besides, thus, and, otherwise, hence, moreover...etc..
Regards...
Az
Webster's - an authority - says "Do NOT use semicolons as the equivalent of a comma."
Webster's statement doesn't contradict what I said. I said "Commas are used similar to semicolons....except...."
The exception -- the difference -- is that semicolons indicate the boundary of independent clauses. Commas separate dependent clauses. That's the only difference. It doesn't contradict Webster's.
Section 805 is simple case of three independent clauses that conclude with the third and final independent clause using the conjunction "and". If the third and final independent clause used the conjunction "or", then you would be correct. But it doesn't...and you are not....
Regards.
LOL, glad I'm on your 'good list' Phil!!
It has to do with standing and fighting for your life... Or living your life on your knees!!!
In the hands of "The basest of men" as the Lord told us in Daniel 4:17
It ain't gonna be like that dippity do TV show they're usin to soften everybody up for Hitlery!!!
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